A PowerPoint countdown timer is an effective way to display a countdown clock for meeting breaks, interactive exercises, or even the beginning of a speaking, training, or workshop session. Creating a PowerPoint presentation with countdown timer slides is easy or…

Presentation Remote-One Secret to Great Presentations A top complaint from audience members is that many presenters put too much emphasis on PowerPoint and technology while neglecting the message and interaction with participants. One way to deliver more effective presentations that…

It happened again last week while I was sitting in the audience of a business conference. Shortly after the presentation began a pop-up screen appeared in front of the slide show as the presenter was speaking. Not only was the…

In the early days of PowerPoint presentations, audiences were tortured by typewriter text, pointless, clunky animated clip art, and obnoxious sound effects. Gratefully, much of this noise is gone or has been upgraded by higher quality, more entertaining audio and…

A few years ago, I delivered a series of Microsoft Office training programs for a large bank in Texas. The HR department shared that they had to repeatedly offer training to bank tellers on acceptable business dress which included a policy…